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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Mozart to stop his silliness on this occasion?
(a) The mention of his father.
(b) The idea for some new music.
(c) Respect for the Baroness.
(d) Constanze's annoyance.

2. To what does Salieri compare the opening measures of the music he hears?
(a) A dusty oboe.
(b) A rusty squeezebox.
(c) A rusty triangle.
(d) A tired crumhorn.

3. What is meant by the words 'one must avoid music that smells of music'?
(a) Only new music should be played, not works that have been on library shelves for years.
(b) Wind musicians should clean their instruments regularly.
(c) Music should not be too showy.
(d) Music must be avoided if it is too passionate.

4. Who picks the child Mozart up after his fall?
(a) His mother.
(b) No-one.
(c) Marie Antionette.
(d) The Emperor's mother.

5. Which Mozart opera is being performed in this scene?
(a) Don Giovanni.
(b) Cosi Fan Tutte.
(c) La Cenerentola.
(d) The Abduction from the Seraglio.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mozart defend his work?

2. What insight does Salieri experience when he hears 'Marten Aller Arten' being sung?

3. How does Salieri reward his Venticelli?

4. What kind of love does Mozart claim his opera contains?

5. What caused Mozart's death, according to the Venticelli?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem with Salieri's drive for fame?

2. In what way does Salieri believe God is torturing him?

3. What story does the Emperor tell to Mozart?

4. For what reason might the scene in the Baroness's library be considered ironic?

5. Comment on Salieri's appeal to 'the ghosts of the future'.

6. Why do reports about Mozart unsettle Salieri?

7. Account for Salieri's shout from the chair as he listens to Mozart and Constanze play their bawdy game.

8. What does Salieri do to cope with the psychic blow he has received through hearing Mozart's music?

9. What attitude towards the Emperor does Salieri display in the first scene of this section of the play?

10. What happens in this section of the play to fertilize the growing seed of Salieri's murderous ideas?

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